Jocelynne Annette Scutt AO (born 8 June 1947) is an Australian feminist lawyer, writer and commentator.
One of Australia's leading human rights barristers, she was instrumental in reform of the laws on rape and domestic violence,[1][2][3] and has served as Anti-Discrimination Commissioner of Tasmania and as a judge on the High Court of Fiji.
Scutt has worked with the Australian Institute of Criminology[4][5] and as director of research with the Legal and Constitutional Committee of the parliament of Victoria.
[6] From 1981 to 1982 she worked at the Sydney Bar and then was Deputy Chairperson of the Law Reform Commission, Victoria.
She is a writer, a film maker and is also a senior fellow at University of Buckingham and teaches law there.